Razing — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled

complete destruction of a building

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɹˈeɪzɪŋ/

🇬🇧British English

/ɹˈeɪzɪŋ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɹˈeɪzɪŋ/

2 syllables Say it as /ɹˈeɪzɪŋ/.

Examples

The building was levelled

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

pull down level wrecking demolishing tear down raze dismantle leveling tearing down take down rase

Antonyms

raise

Parts of Speech

noun	the event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled
noun	complete destruction of a building
verb	tear down so as to make flat with the ground “The building was levelled”

Word Forms

raze	verb	tear down so as to make flat with the ground
demolish	verb	destroy completely
level	noun	a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line
razing	noun	the event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Schleifung

der Fall, dass ein Bauwerk vollständig abgerissen und eingeebnet wird

🇫🇷French

rasage

le cas où une structure serait complètement démolie et nivelée

🇪🇸Spanish

arrasando

el caso de que una estructura sea completamente demolida y nivelada

🇮🇹Italian

radendo al suolo

caso di completa demolizione e livellamento di una struttura

🇳🇱Dutch

verwoesten

het geval dat een bouwwerk volledig wordt gesloopt en met de grond gelijk gemaakt

🇵🇹Portuguese

arrasando

o caso de uma estrutura ser completamente demolida e nivelada

🇷🇺Russian

снос

случае полного сноса и выравнивания конструкции

India

🇮🇳Hindi

गिराने

किसी संरचना को पूरी तरह से ध्वस्त और समतल कर दिए जाने की घटना

🇧🇩Bengali

ধ্বংস করা

একটি কাঠামো সম্পূর্ণরূপে ভেঙে ফেলা এবং সমতল করার ঘটনা

🇮🇳Tamil

இடித்தல்

ஒரு கட்டமைப்பு முற்றிலும் இடித்து தரைமட்டமாக்கப்பட்ட நிகழ்வு

🇮🇳Telugu

ధ్వంసం చేయడం

ఒక నిర్మాణం పూర్తిగా కూల్చివేయబడి, చదును చేయబడిన సంఘటన

🇮🇳Marathi

पाडणे

संरचना पूर्णपणे पाडून समतल होण्याची घटना

🇮🇳Gujarati

તોડવું

માળખું સંપૂર્ણપણે તોડી નાખવાની અને સમતળ કરવાની ઘટના

🇮🇳Kannada

ರೇಜಿಂಗ್

ಒಂದು ರಚನೆಯನ್ನು ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣವಾಗಿ ಕೆಡವಿ ನೆಲಸಮಗೊಳಿಸಿದ ಘಟನೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

റേസിംഗ്

ഒരു ഘടന പൂർണ്ണമായും പൊളിച്ച് നിരപ്പാക്കുന്ന സംഭവം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਢਾਹਣਾ

ਇੱਕ ਢਾਂਚੇ ਨੂੰ ਪੂਰੀ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਢਾਹੁਣ ਅਤੇ ਸਮਤਲ ਕੀਤੇ ਜਾਣ ਦੀ ਘਟਨਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

گرانا

کسی ڈھانچے کو مکمل طور پر مسمار کرنے اور برابر کرنے کا واقعہ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

夷为平地

建筑物被完全拆除并夷平的事件

🇯🇵Japanese

破壊する

構造物が完全に破壊されて平らになる出来事

🇰🇷Korean

파괴

구조물이 완전히 철거되고 수평이 되는 경우

🇻🇳Vietnamese

san bằng

trường hợp một công trình bị phá hủy hoàn toàn và san bằng

🇹🇭Thai

กำลังรื้อ

กรณีรื้อถอนและปรับระดับโครงสร้างทั้งหมด

🇮🇩Indonesian

menghancurkan

jika suatu bangunan dibongkar seluruhnya dan diratakan

🇵🇭Filipino

naninira

ang kaganapan ng isang istraktura ay ganap na giniba at leveled

🇲🇾Malay

meratah

kejadian struktur dirobohkan dan diratakan sepenuhnya

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تجريف

حالة هدم المبنى بالكامل وتسويته

🇮🇷Persian

با خاک یکسان کردن

در صورت تخریب و تسطیح کامل یک سازه

🇹🇷Turkish

yerle bir etmek

bir yapının tamamen yıkılıp tesviye edilmesi olayı

🇮🇱Hebrew

הורס

אירוע של הריסה ויישור של מבנה לחלוטין

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The primary meaning of 'razing' is 'the event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled'.

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